Archive for July 27th, 2015

A QUITE brilliant homage to Steven Spielberg’s ‘E.T.’ took place on Rock Street recently. Stephen Nicholson, posted this video of his mate Ciaran Crichlow, who tore off down Rock Street with what looks like a doll of the famous alien in the basket of a bicycle. The lads exploits have […]

  THE ‘House’ restaurant is getting all set to hold its coffee morning on Tuesday July 28 from which all takings from those hours will be going towards helping out the newly opened ‘321 Down Syndrome Kerry Shop’. The event is sure to be a relaxed one and will be […]

CLUB FOOTBALL CAMP: Our annual club football camp will begin on Tuesday next at 9.30am and will run until Saturday…from 4th to 8th August. The course/camp will take place each day from 9.30am to 1pm. Bring a bite to eat! Venue: Connolly Park. Costas: €40 per child or €60 per family. Everybody […]

Senior Football Credit Union Senior League Round 8 Kerins O Rahillys 2-14 Kilcummin 0-07 A comprehensive display by Kerins O’Rahillys gave us a deserved win over Kilcummin played at the Kilcummin pitch last Sunday afternoon. We dominated from the throw in with Con Barrett and Gavin Duffy dominant at mid […]

EAMONN Fitzmaurice is happy to report there are no new injury worries for Kerry heading into the All-Ireland SFC Quarter Final against Kildare this Sunday. Speaking at a press conference held in the Medowlands Hotel on Monday, the Kerry boss confirmed that Kieran O’Leary, who ruptured his Achilles tendon in […]

THE team at Run The Kingdom (RTK) have announced that they will be presenting the ‘Eric Leahy Memorial Shield’ at the Tralee 100k Ultra Marathon this weekend. The shield will be awarded to the first male and female home in honour of Eric, who sadly passed away back in April. […]

GARDAÍ are seeking the public’s help with burglaries in Tralee and around the county over the past week. Gardaí are urging homeowners to be vigilant as the amount of burglaries has increased over the past month or so and they encourage people to lock doors and windows when leaving and to install an alarm […]

  IT’S been confirmed by the GAA that Kerry will play their All-Ireland Quarter Final against Kildare at 2pm on Sunday in Croke Park. The other quarter-final involving Dublin v Fermanagh will throw-in at 4pm. Meanwhile the Kerry minors will be involved in another double-header, this time in Tullamore the following […]

Div 4 County League Churchill 0-12 Dr Crokes B 0-9 Churchill were deserving winners of their Div 4 Co. League match away to Dr. Crokes last Sunday. However, some wayward shooting at the beginning of the second half could have proved costly, as the home team reduced the deficit from […]

SENIOR MEN: County League – Round 8: Laune Rangers v John Mitchels On a misty Sunday afternoon with a slight breeze, John Mitchels played Laune Rangers in Killorglin and opened the scoring with a goal and a point from play from Sean Moloney in the first few minutes of the […]

Happy Birthday: The official launch of Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Club took place this time 3 years ago.  On our Facebook page at at https://www.facebook.com/TraleeParnellsHurlingClub we have some photos looking back to the relaunch in Austin Stack Park of the club that won county honours a century ago. The team photo was the original group […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas on Monday, 20th July 2015 for a jackpot of €7,500.  Numbers drawn were 2,4,15,26.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Joe Leen, Chutehall 2. Sheila O Keeffe, Clounts, Rathmore 3. Margaret O Connell, Ashe Hill. 4. Joe Butler, Kielduff 5. Dermot […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 18, 19 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to John Kelliher Lohercannon, Tina O Shea Curraheen, Kitty Healy c/o Mono Ryle, Patsy Bowler Blennerville and Ann and Johnny c/o […]

The Donald Walsh Memorial Swim The Donald Walsh Swim and BBQ finally took place last Wednesday evening. A huge crowd showed up so a big thank you to all the helpers who showed up on the night to make sure all went smoothly. There were 54 swimmers in the three […]

  SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 3-7; Killarney Legion 1-9. Legion got off to the perfect start at a damp and overcast Connolly Park on last Saturday evening (25th July) when they led by 1-1 after just 3 minutes of this 8th round of the Co. League. But we settled quickly and were […]

St Brendans 0-10 Ballyheigue 0-9 AS has happened so often in the past, John Egan, was the hero for St Brendan’s as they just about got over Ballyheigue in a gruelling encounter in  Causeway on Sunday afternoon. With his team trailing by a point and playing against a stiff breeze, […]

TRALEE man, Conor Cusack was left humbled this weekend as he took part in the Keith Whyte Waterfront Ultra Marathon as part of the famous ‘Team Hoyt’. Team Hoyt consists of the American father and son duo of Dick and Rick Hoyt, who are known around the world for their […]

Mike O’Halloran reports from Causeway on Kilmoyley’s victory over Crotta O’Neill’s in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC tie on Sunday… Kilmoyley 1-12 Crotta O’Neills 0-10 I WAS not at the double header last Sunday in Causeway, where Kilmoyley and Crotta O’Neills played out a draw in the sunshine. There was no […]

THE hopes of the county in this year’s ‘Nose of Tralee 2015’ competition are pinned on a little dog called Ginger from Tralee. Stacey Wallace’s dog is this year’s Kerry finalist in the second year of the national competition which will see dogs from the 32 counties taking part. Stacey is […]

MICHAEL Healy Rae officially launched details of the Abbeydorney Vintage Weekend last Thursday evening at Abbeydorney GAA Grounds. This year’s two day event, on August 8-9, kicks off with registration at 5pm on the Saturday, for the Vintage and Classic Car and Tractor Run. All vehicles will set off from the […]

MARIA Walsh expects to literally drop into Tralee Town Park on Sunday, August 16 if she becomes the first Rose of Tralee to perform a parachute jump in the height of the Festival. Landing in picturesque Tralee Town Park, the tandem jump, which is subject to licence, will form part […]